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# BKLYNER Weekend Arts Events, March 24-26
- URL: https://bklyner.com/bklyner-weekend-arts-events-march-24-26/
- Published: 2017-03-24T21:26:33.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-24T21:26:33.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Events, Kids & Family, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, 887, bam, Bell House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, DUMBO, Gelsey Kirkland Ballet, GK Arts Center, gowanus souvenir shop, Joel Beck, New York Transit Museum, #wp

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Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

It’s the first official weekend of spring!

Get yourself out and dance away your winter blues, catch a performance, check out an exhibition or reading, or craft with some special kids.

[**S.A.D. Party 2017: Drink. Dance. Resist**](http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/1438924-sd-party-2017-drink-dance-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Friday, March 24 at 9pm  
**Where:** The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues), Gowanus  
**What:** For the past 10 years a group of local friends have hosted an annual party to dance away “the SADs.” With the Trump administration making things extra SAD this year, tonight’s party will be a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood.  
**How Much:** $40

[**Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Presents Eternal Spring**](http://gkartscenter.org/gelsey-kirkland-ballet-presents-eternal-spring-arrows-errors-eros/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Friday, March 24 to Sunday, March 26 at 7:30pm  
**Where:** GK Arts Center, 29 Jay Street, DUMBO  
**What:** A performance of neoclassical and classical ballet featuring the work of Russian choreographer Leonid Yakobson. The program explores the visions and delusions of romantic love.  
How Much: [Tickets](http://gelseykirklandballeteternalspring.brownpapertickets.com/?ref=bklyner.com) from $20 to $45

**[887](http://www.bam.org/theater/2017/887?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Performances through Sunday, March 26  
**Where:** Brooklyn Academy of Art, BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Street, Fort Greene  
**What:** A personal, reflective piece by director Robert Lepage that brings his childhood apartment complex to life in dollhouse form, populated with miniature family and neighbors and the stories that took place within those walls.  
**How Much:** [Tickets](http://commerce.bam.org/tickets/production.aspx?pid=12147&ref=bklyner.com) start at $35

[**Special Day For Special Kids**](http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/special-day-special-kids-2/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Sunday, March 26 from 10am to 12pm  
**Where:** New York Transit Museum, Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Downtown Brooklyn  
**What:** The museum will open early exclusively for children with disabilities and their families. Inspired by the Museum’s [*Next Stop: Second Avenue Subway* ](http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/exhibits/?ref=bklyner.com)exhibition, families will create a model of their dream subway station. Light refreshments will be served.

[**Pigeon Pages Literary Reading**](https://www.powerhousearena.com/events/pigeon-pages-literary-reading-march/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Sunday, March 26 at 4:30 to 6pm  
**Where:** PowerHouse Arena, 28 Adams Street (corner of Adams & Water Streets), DUMBO  
**What:** Hosted by Alisson Wood, this reading will honor Women’s History Month and feature authors Ariana Reines, Lauren Hilger, T. Kira Madden, Rachel Aydt, and Meghan Trask Smith.

[**Joel Beck Paintings**](https://gowanussouvenir.com/pages/events?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** On view through Sunday, April 9  
**Where:** Gowanus Souvenir Shop, 567 Union Street (between Nevins Street and 3rd Avenue), Gowanus  
**What:** A co-founder of the Gowanus Souvenir Shop, Beck is inspired by the neighboring Gowanus Canal, creating landscape paintings that straddle the line between abstraction and classicism.